Matchday 35 – Quick Round Up

Match Day 35 Round Up

Friday 1st May

Leeds United 3-1 Burnley

A comprehensive and fairly comfortable win for Leeds, who rubbed it in at the end by playing a piece of Michael Jackson over the tannoy to celebrate the victory. For those who have missed it, Burnley’s interim manager is called Michael Jackson. Leeds did what they have been doing all season and outworked and outfought their opponent, which left a very poor Clarets side with nothing. If they had not eased off, it could have been a big score as well, with Burnley totally unable to cope with Leeds.

Starmen:
Justin – has been an excellent signing, playing multiple positions and all of them well.
Stach – caused absolute havoc while on the pitch. Ran Burnley ragged in an attacking midfield role. Best player on the pitch by a significant margin, his goal set Leeds on the way to the win.
Bogle – always a threat going forward.
Tanaka – did some really good work protecting the back three.
Okafor – a real handful and he got a goal as well.
Calvert-Lewin – bullied the Burnley defence.

Flops:
Flemming – never got into the game.
Ward-Prowse – they needed someone to pick a pass forward but instead got a crab that only goes sideways.
Humphreys – had an awful day.
Hartman – I am not sure what he does well, it is certainly not defending, he was man marking Stach but somehow let him get 20 yards of space to open the scoring.
Dubravka – made a huge error on the opening goal. It was very well placed but he failed to get set, instead was still moving the wrong way and never even made a proper dive to try and stop it. Awful piece of goalkeeping.

Saturday 2nd May

Brentford 3-0 West Ham United

It could have been a very different scoreline but the Hammers lack clinical finishers up front, particularly Pablo. Early on, the Bees looked nervy at the back and if West Ham had put away a chance at that point, they could have gone on and won it. That lack of a proper cutting edge is why they are struggling. Brentford did not look particularly good either, but they scored when chances came their way.

Starmen:
Damsgaard – I am surprised Brentford have kept hold of him so long, he is instrumental to their success.
Thiago – he really does miss a few, but still you cannot argue with his goals record this season.

Flops:
Pablo – runs around a lot but achieves very little.
Fernandes – too many loose passes.
Walker-Peters – could not contain Brentford’s attacks at all.
Diouf – not a good defender, completely caught out on the opening…